英语中考短文填空专练

1、第6页共7页中考短文填空专练call , swim , anything , clever , bear , can , his , give , girl ,something , read , takeMany years ago , there was a family 1 Franklin . They lived in Boston .There were five 2 and six boys in the family . On a January day in 1760 , anotherbaby boy 3 . They boy, s mother and his fathe

2、r 4 the boy a name - Benjamin .Benjamin was the 5 of all the children . He could read when he was fiveand he 6 write by the time he was seven . When he was eight he was sent toschool .In school Benjamin had been good at 7 and writing but not good at maths .He read all of 8 father s books . And whene

3、ver （每当）he had a little money ,he bought a book with it . He liked books . They told him how to do 9 . At that time he invented the paddles （脚躁）for 10 .say , surprise , do , in , friend , to , visits , we , usual , or , welcome , time , for , but , ideasManners are important in every country , 1 peo

4、ple have different 2 about their manners . What is good in one country may not be 3 inanother .Chinese people are 4 to know the fact that an Englishman5 stopto talk and shake hands with his friend 6 the street . They just say hello7 each other and then pass on .English people think that 8 Chinese en

5、d our 9 to friends all of a sudden , They 10 begin to show that they want to go 15 11 20 minutes beforedogs and other animals doing q(2) skillful (熟练的) things . Perhaps youhave seen them on the television or in a film . If you watch closely , you may find that the trainer (驯兽员)always g(3) the animal

6、 some sugaro(4) a piece of fruit as a reward (J：艮酬) .The scientists say that manyd(5) animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know theywill get a reward f (6) doing that .Of course , as we know , dogs can be trained to look after a house , and soldiers in both old and modern t(7)

7、 have u (8) geese to give warning(警报) by m (9) a lot of noise when an enemy comes near . And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or f (10).（二）Heret s story about Ming* s life on the waters . Ming has lived all his lifeon a wide r (1) in China . His of hundreds that move up a

8、nd down .1 (2) , but he is never lonely . he could swim before he could walk . he just swims across to their boatshome is a large house-boat with a roof , oneIn about six years he has not once been onHe is a strong swimmer . In fact (实际上),When he wants to play with his f (3),or asks them to v(4) him

9、(5) a line or a net (网).Xing s father is a fisherman but he never uGreat black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him . Rings (圈)have been put around the birds n (6) so that they cannot eat the fish they catch . They have been taught to b (7) the fish to people . And then people reward (奖励)t

10、hem with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f (8) . Ming loves watching the cormorants , but better still he likes going s(9) with hismother . The shops , of course , are boats very like his o(10).（三）I do ?”“Don t go . M I told him . You would be u (8). ”“Don t go ?” he looked very surprised a

11、t my answer .As you ve probably g (9) , Mike took the offer . I don t know if he found that I r (10) wanted him to take the job .(五)Heret s a part of an e-mail answer from Joe giving some advice to his son in college . When I was young , I often met t (1) about what to do and what not to do . My gra

12、ndmother told me not to worry about those things . I o (2) did them once a year or once a lifetime . I (3) , I should try to do well those things , and I do them every day . For example , I need to eat every day , so I should learn how to c (4) . I need to talk to o (5) every day , so I should learn

13、 how to work with d (6) people and know how to s (7) well . I walk every day , so my s (8) should be all right and comfortable (舒J艮) Every night I sleep , so my bed should let me have a good rest . Taking care of the e(9) things m (10) that you do a better job of the one in a lifetimethings as well

14、. ”(六)We usually use two kinds of money , One kind is money made of paper and the other kind is money made of m (1) . But in the past people used many things i (2) of money . Some countries used salt , tea or stones (di头).Other countries even used some animals . Today people in some p (3) in the wor

15、ld still do not use paper money all the time .(4) money in the world -YapOn the island of Yap , people use the h stones . These are round , white stones w (5) a hole in the middle . The Yap stones do not c (6) from this island . The Yap men have to go to the islands over 600 kilometres away to get t

16、 (7).Rich people do not carry Yap stones . Servants (彳卜人) f (8) the rich . Each servant carries a stone on a long s (9) over his shoulder (肩).Today people on the island of Yap use paper money for everyday shopping . But for other things they still p (10) Yap stones to paper money .三.在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其

17、内容通顺，每空格限填一词。(一)It is a Chinese traditional custom that people eat mooncakes at the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival . One 1 about it is almost 700 years old . In the century , the Chinese planned a surprise attack against (袭击)their enemies at the time of the festival . The messages for the attack we

18、re put into cakes . The cakes were passed from one person to 2 . Each person read the messages andknew when and where the attack would 3. At last the Chinese won the victory .Mooncakes are still eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival . However , the fillings (馅)of the mooncakes now are not messages , but foods such as meat , fruits and duck eggs . 4 the fifteenth day of the eighth month of each Chineseyear , 5 and friends come together and enjoy the beautiful moon . Shops are crowded with people and th